✈ ZRH → MEX
12H 16M FROM ZURICH TO MEXICO CITY. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
Flight from Zurich to Mexico City
From Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe → Benito Juárez (MEX), Mexico North America
↔ Flying the other way? Mexico City → Zurich
How long is the flight from Zurich to Mexico City?
A nonstop flight from Zurich (ZRH) to Mexico City (MEX) takes about 12 hours 16 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,012 miles (9,675 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 16m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,012 mi
9,675 km · great-circle
Avg speed
789 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Zurich timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Zurich
Mexico City timezone
UTC-6
America/Mexico_City
Time difference
-8h
8 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~5.6d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Zurich
Nearest destinations
- Zurich → Milan
- Zurich → Munich
- Zurich → Frankfurt
- Zurich → Paris
- Zurich → Brussels
- Zurich → Prague
- Zurich → Amsterdam
- Zurich → Vienna
- Zurich → Berlin
- Zurich → Rome
Long-haul from Zurich
- Zurich → Auckland
- Zurich → Sydney
- Zurich → Melbourne
- Zurich → Bali (Denpasar)
- Zurich → Santiago
- Zurich → Buenos Aires
- Zurich → Manila
- Zurich → Singapore
- Zurich → Kuala Lumpur
- Zurich → São Paulo
More flights to North America
Flights to Mexico City
Nearest origins
- Cancun → Mexico City
- Dallas → Mexico City
- Miami → Mexico City
- Atlanta → Mexico City
- Las Vegas → Mexico City
- Los Angeles → Mexico City
- Chicago → Mexico City
- San Francisco → Mexico City
- Toronto → Mexico City
- New York → Mexico City
Long-haul to Mexico City
- Kuala Lumpur → Mexico City
- Singapore → Mexico City
- Bali (Denpasar) → Mexico City
- Bangkok → Mexico City
- Mumbai → Mexico City
- Nairobi → Mexico City
- Delhi → Mexico City
- Johannesburg → Mexico City
- Abu Dhabi → Mexico City
- Dubai → Mexico City